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AI to help personalise treatment for depression as part of major trial

People with depression are being invited to be part of a clinical trial testing a new evidence-based AI treatment tool to personalise antidepressant treatment.

'Editorial independence promotes good science and prevents bad science'

Professor Kam Bhui argues that, given the contested nature of much mental health and brain research, the highest standards of research integrity and publication ethics must be maintained.

Professor Mina Fazel appointed Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

She will lead the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry research group, aiming to better understand how to prevent mental health difficulties in children and young people and how best to support them and their families

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Brief online training can help teachers respond to pupils’ mental health

Brief, interactive online mental health training can help teachers better respond to their pupils’ mental health difficulties, according to a new study.

In Memoriam: Dr Valeria Frighi

A tribute following the death of our dear colleague and friend Valeria Frighi, Senior Clinical Researcher in the Department of Psychiatry.

Blood tests for diagnosing dementia a step closer

Dr Vanessa Raymont in the Department of Psychiatry and Dementias Platform UK is leading a team which is part of country-wide trials to identify accurate and quick blood tests that can diagnose dementia.

One of the images created by a participant of the 'Your Beautiful Brain' arts workshop held by Dementias Platform UK

Race-related research in the Department of Psychiatry

Race-related research is happening across different themes, groups and methodologies in the Department of Psychiatry.

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NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)

Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre aims to create a platform to deliver high quality experimental medicine research on new treatments and procedures to improve lives.

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Professor Rob McCutcheon, Head of Department Professor Belinda Lennox and Professor Andrea Reinecke.

Three new Associate Professors appointed

14 May 2024

Rob McCutcheon, Vanessa Raymont and Andrea Reinecke have all been conferred the title Associate Professor by the Medical Sciences Division.

AI to help personalise treatment for depression as part of major trial

13 May 2024

People with depression are being invited to be part of a clinical trial testing a new evidence-based AI treatment tool to personalise antidepressant treatment.

Dr Brian Earp, from the Philosophy Faculty at Oxford, introducing the workshop back in August

International consensus statement on ethics and psychedelics

9 May 2024

An international consensus statement developed at the University of Oxford outlines the ethical hazards and opportunities relating to psychedelics at a time when research, clinical applications, and policy initiatives are quickly scaling up.